Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
This video is intended only for educational use; please contact me at pranav.sivakumar@berkeley.edu regarding any copyright issues.
My Tubin score video playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=CBLfb9eQ840&list=PLO10iH2ortwI
00:05 I. Adagio - Allegro feroce
13:56 II. Allegretto moderato
23:12 III. Sostenuto assai quasi largo e poco maestoso
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi
Eduard Tubin (1905-1982) was an Estonian composer and conductor, his country's most prolific and arguably greatest symphonist. For more on Tubin, see my score video of his eleventh symphony: youtube.com/watch?v=l-vYcU8buKo
Tubin's first symphony was written in 1934, when he was still in his twenties. Although overshadowed today by his much more successful second, it already possesses the key characteristics of his mature works in the genre: strict formal structure, rather astringent harmonic language, a martial style of orchestration, gradual orchestral build-ups, and extensive climaxes.
This video is intended only for educational use; please contact me at pranav.sivakumar@berkeley.edu regarding any copyright issues.
My Tubin score video playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=CBLfb9eQ840&list=PLO10iH2ortwI
00:05 I. Adagio - Allegro feroce
13:56 II. Allegretto moderato
23:12 III. Sostenuto assai quasi largo e poco maestoso
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi
Eduard Tubin (1905-1982) was an Estonian composer and conductor, his country's most prolific and arguably greatest symphonist. For more on Tubin, see my score video of his eleventh symphony: youtube.com/watch?v=l-vYcU8buKo
Tubin's first symphony was written in 1934, when he was still in his twenties. Although overshadowed today by his much more successful second, it already possesses the key characteristics of his mature works in the genre: strict formal structure, rather astringent harmonic language, a martial style of orchestration, gradual orchestral build-ups, and extensive climaxes.
